From: Jason Foreman <threeve.org@...>
Date: 2005-08-12T05:38:34+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I use heredocs

On 8/11/05, hsun <sunh11373@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a simple test program.
> 
> ====================
> class QuickTest
> 
>     def testMe
>         str = <<EOS
>          Some Application data
> EOS
>         puts str
>     end
> 
> end
> 
> if $0 == __FILE__ then
> 
>     $test = QuickTest.new
>     $test.testMe
> end
> ===========================
> 
> I got this error and could not figure out what's wrong?
> 
> ==============================================
> QuickTest.rb:21: can't find string "EOS" anywhere before EOF
> QuickTest.rb:6: syntax error
> ===============================================
> 
> Can someone help?
> 
> I am running Ruby 1.8 on Windows XP
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 

Works fine for me.

Are you 100% sure that "EOS" begins in column 0?  This must be true or
it will not be found.  Otherwise, change to <<-EOS, where the - will
let you indent the terminator.


Jason